Ravens Soar, Gee Gees
Gallop to CUUC 2009
Championship
Feature: Carleton Ravens Championship team
Photos: Laura Zandbelt www.mycmsite.com/laurazandbelt
AFTER A HEART-BREAKING semifinals managed to give Carleton a difficult time.
loss to the University of Toronto at the Ca- Waterloo showed plenty of athleticism in
nadian Eastern University Ultimate Cham- this game, making a few spectacular D’s,
pionships, Carleton University Ravens were however, Carleton won 13-8.
destined to prove they could be the top The final game of the Power Pool saw
team in the nation at the 2009 Canadian two tournament favorites clash for the
University Ultimate Championships in first time in the 2009 Canadian Univer-
Montreal. sity Fall Season. With spectators lining the
Day One saw Carleton open with an end zones as well as the sideline, Carleton
extremely close game against McGill Uni- came out flying and quickly established
versity. Windy conditions allowed McGill a 4-1 lead. However, it was all downhill
to apply their resourceful four man cup. from there. Western re-gained their com-
While plenty of space was open over the posure and used their height and athleti-
top, the morning wind was too strong cism to their advantage to rally back and
for consistent over the top throws. After take half as Carleton refused to read huge
falling down early, Carleton rallied back to poaches and forced hucks into double and a few bad turnovers due to forced throws
take half and then a 10-9 victory as McGill even triple coverage. From there, Western and what could have been a serious
scored following the signal of hard cap. continued to dominate the second half shoulder injury to Carleton’s Kielan Way,
Having 23 players who could all play, and proved that Carleton had plenty of Queen’s rallied to tie the game and start
Carleton consistently rotated a full roster improvement to make in 24 hours to chal- on defense for a universe point finish. Un-
in much of their games and Friday was lenge for the National championship as willing to let the victory slip away Carleton
no exception. Carleton handedly defeated they rolled to a convincing 14-7 victory. calmly walked up the field and scored on
Queen’s B and Toronto B in their next two After a massive reality check in the final a low break throw as Bryce Ring passed
games and then put away an athletic Sher- game before the Championship bracket, a backhand to Danny Van Willigen in end
brooke team 13-6. Next, Carleton had a the Carleton Ravens were scheduled to zone for a score. With a 13-12 victory, Car-
re-match against the University of Guelph. face an impressive Dalhousie University leton was on to the Canadian University
The two teams had previously faced off in team filled with familiar faces and impres- Ultimate Finals!
the third place game at Easterns. Although sive athletes. In regards to the tournament For the second time in two days, players
Carleton came out on top on universe theme, Carleton went ahead early and and spectators lined the side and end zone
point that game, the Ravens came out never looked back. In a game with plenty lines to watch the top-seeded University of
flying and never looked back. The tourna- of big plays Carleton defeated a worthy Western Ontario Sharks battle the fourth-
ment’s fourth seed (Carleton) defeated the competitor 12-7 and secured a spot in the seeded Carleton University Ravens for the
fifth by a score of 13-7 to open 2009 CUUC Semifinals against an old rival in Queen’s Canadian University championship.
with a 5-0 record. University. Again, Carleton started the game hot
On Day Two, Carleton played a relatively Although Carleton went ahead early and scored the first point on offence.
unknown Saskatchewan squad on a cold against Queen’s, the offence was broken Meanwhile, the defense also proved to be
frost-covered Saturday morning. After a a few times prior to half and surrendered up to the task early as a tight zone forced a
slow start Carleton defeated the Tommy three breaks to only go into half up 8-7. few turnovers that transitioned into break
Douglas team 13-7. Next, the Ravens had Carleton then went up by a few more points and, Carleton had a 4-3 lead receiv-
a match up against Waterloo, a team that breaks in the second half but, once again, ing. This time, however, the Ravens knew
greatly underachieved at Easterns yet still let Queen’s back into the game. Following they could not afford to take the pressure
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